We touch each other... (page 5)

MerryMagdalene

Ah, Jeanniebeanz...I think you are frightfully intelligent, but it your easygoing natural charm and wit and playfulness that initially made me feel more comfortable letting down my hair and having fun here.You are proof positive that a woman can be smart and funny and sexy and strong-willed

JW83

So many if not all of you have in some way or another touched me and I've laughed, cried, and cheered for you even though I may not have said a darn thing in the threads I've read it's always had some effect on me.

Nicely said, Bikerchick!!!

And Arrowstar--what can I say?!? WOW...bee-you-tea-fullYou are the very soul of kindness, generosity, fun and perceptiveness.

Prophecor?...dear, kindred free spirit...so not afraid to tell you that your gentle strength, compassionate wisdom and delightful wild streak just have a way of making me feel that everything is ok or, if it's not, that it soon enough will be

~Merry Merry

prophecor

*removes hat, kneels and kisses Merry Magadelne's hand*

MerryMagdalene

*feels all choked up now*

*kisses Prophecor's brow*

*drops a clumsy curtsy and rushes to her room to go to bed as the hour is late*

I am looking forward to getting to know all of you much better, especially those yet somewhat unfamiliar to me----es, jw83, markfromcali...and so many more!!!

~Merry

Markfromcali

I am looking forward to getting to know all of you much better, especially those yet somewhat unfamiliar to me----es, jw83, markfromcali...and so many more!!!

No time like the present. The truth is how do we know if we will ever get another opportunity to connect? Sure I know chances are I'll just come back home from work and log on like we all do, but we never really know do we? "My momma always said, life is like..."

MerryMagdalene

No time like the present.

Too right, Mark...

~Merry

Billygoat

The internet is so much different than RL. Sometimes that's good and sometimes that's bad.

In the good way, we have a tendency to be very honest and open about ourselves. We don't have a physical audience waiting in front of us...sometimes that takes the pressure off of sharing, so we share more personal things than we would even with close RL friends. I know some of you know more about my heart and childhood than a lot of my close RL friends do.

In the bad way, that honesty and openness can come back to bite us in the butt. If someone we meet online is being dishonest about who they are, then you can quickly find yourself in a relationship with someone you REALLY don't know at all. (See: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/16/63411/1.ashx.) Do any of you JWD veterans remember Mario Kempes on this board from several years ago? I must admit I was one of those people that was taken in by his sob-story. But that situation proved to me that it's easier to check back on a liar's previous posts and see what's not adding up. It's easier to catch them if they are being dishonest. It's not always that easy to do that in person. I've been deceived for years by some people in person and I never caught it. (Or maybe I chose to not see it...I guess there's a difference.)

I must say that I feel doubly blessed because this is just a discussion board. Yet I've had the opportunity to meet many of you in RL. To me that makes a HUGE difference. Unless you've escaped from a crazy cult yourself, you can't understand what it's like to escape a crazy cult. You may understand pain, you may understand betrayal, you may understand abuse. But nobody understands THIS part of my life except you guys. And I'm soooo grateful that y'all are here.

darkuncle29

There are times when I am feeling paranoid or inscure, and I might think I want to know, but I realize that that is my crap to work out not for me to dump on others. Other times, I don't think it is any of my business. But none of that is absolute.

arrowstar

Kate -

Thanks. (insert hugging icon here)

Merry -

Aw shucks...t'weren't nuthin'...

(insert hugging icon here too)

Netty

We touch each other

So is THAT what we do here??? Count me in. Let the touching begin.

prophecor

I've had the opportunity to meet many of you in RL. To me that makes a HUGE difference. Unless you've escaped from a crazy cult yourself, you can't understand what it's like to escape a crazy cult.............nobody understands THIS part of my life except you guys. And I'm soooo grateful that y'all are here.

It is an honor, blessing and a privelege to share with you all. We have a common bond that cannot be discounted by those that may say, " Get over it, it wasn't that bad or big a deal " It is a big deal. To live with the fear that has been imposed on us by a dogmatic, unbending, unyielding authorty structure that refuses to answer any questions regarding it's own checkered past, mistakes and misguided direction.

We touch each other...

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